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WALCOT, CHARLES, son of John Walcot MP, Walcot, Shropshire, and Mary, dau. of Sir Francis Dashwood, Bart., MP; bapt. 22 Mar 1738; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1748 (Grant's); in school list 1754; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Mar 1756; MP Weymouth 30 Apr 1763-8; Clerk to Accountant-General, Post Office (occurs 1774-83); Controller of Penny Post, Post Office; of Bitterley Court, Shropshire; High Sheriff, Shropshire 1782; m. 17 Jul 1764 his cousin Anne, sister of Richard Levett (adm. 1740, qv); buried Bitterley, Shropshire 27 Sep 1799.

WALBRYGE, EDMUND; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-4 (Chapter Muniments).

WALBANKE, JAMES; b.; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1752; in school list 1754. [note James Walbanke, pawnbroker, St. Margaret, Westminster, will proved PCC 7 Dec 1762]

WAKLEY, THOMAS, only son of Thomas Henry Wakley FRCS, Arlington Street, Piccadilly, London, surgeon and editor of The Lancet, and Harriette Anne, third dau. of Francis Radford Blake, Rickmansworth, Herts.; b. 10 Jul 1851; adm. 31 Jan 1865 (James'); QS 1866; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1870, matr. Mich. 1870; St. Thomas’s Hospital; a serious bicycle accident interrupted his medical studies for some six years; LRCP 1883; entered the office of The Lancet as assistant to his uncle James Wakley, its then editor; Joint Editor of the Lancet with his father 1886-1907, sole Editor from 1907; m. 8 Aug 1903 Gladys Muriel, dau. of Norman Barron; d. 5 Mar 1909. DNB.

Wakely, William Hugh Denning, brother of Leonard John Dean Wakely (qv); b. 20 Feb. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (G); left July 1930; St John's Coll. Camb., matric. 1932, BA 1934; 2nd Lieut. RE Jan. 1932, Lieut. Jan. 1935, Capt. Jan. 1940; GSO 1 MELF, despatches (Middle East) June 1942; Maj. July 1946; psc; Lieut.-Col. Aug. 1953, Col. 1959, Brig. 1963; retd Apr. 1964; m. 21 Dec. 1937 Diana Mary, d. of Lieut.-Col. Richard Montague Raynsford DSO DL, of Milton Manor, Northants; d. 26 Sept. 1979.

Wakely, Leonard John Dean, son of Sir Leonard Day Wakely KCIE CB, Dep. Under Sec. of State India Office, and Florence Dean, d. of William Titley; b. 18 June 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (G); left 1928; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1928, BA 1931 (1st class hons Mod. History), MA 1945; passed into ICS 1932; SOAS Lond. 1932-3; Asst Commr Punjab 1933; Asst Supt Simla Hill States 1935; SDO Rajanpur 1936; Under Sec. Punjab Govt 1937-8; successively Under Sec. Defence Co­ord. and Dep. Sec. Defence and Legislative Depts, Govt of India 1938-47; MBE 1942, OBE 1945; Dominions Office 1947; Sen. Sec. Office of UK High Commr in S. Africa 1950-2; Dep. High Commr Madras 1953-7, Ghana 1957-60; Head of Constitutional Dept CRO 1960-2; Dep. High Commr Canada 1962-5; CMG 1965; HM Ambassador Rangoon 1965-7; 111. 10 Nov. 1938 Margaret Houssemayne, d. of Lieut.-Cdr Charles Wills Tinson OBE RN; d. 24 June 1994.

Wakely, Kenneth George, son of Brig. William Hugh Denning Wakely (qv); b. 7 Jan. 1939; adm. Sept. 1952 (QS); left July 1957; RMA Sandhurst 1957, Queen’s Medal 1959; 2nd Lieut. Queen’s Roy. Surrey Regt. 1959, Lieut. 1961, Capt. Dec. 1964, retd. Aug. 1970; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1961, BA 1964, MA 1971; industrial relations consult. Engineering Employers’ Fedn. 1970-3; training man. Cape Industries 1973-8; personnel man. Exchange Telegraph Co. 1978-84; man. consult., John Courtis and Partners 1986-9; Ferdinand Pieroth Wines, sales consult. 1990-8; South West Trains, station man. 2004-15; m. 8 May 1965 Susan Margaret Ubsdell, sec., d. of Maj. Edward Thurlow Hope Ubsdell SLI, of New Milton, Hants; d. 13 Mar. 2023.

Wakely, Charles Peter, son of Leonard John Dean Wakely (qv); b. 27 Oct. 1939; adm. Sept. 1953 (G); left July 1958; Shell Internat. Petroleum Co. 1958; Deutsche Shell 1966-8; man. dir. Nippon LNG KK Tokyo, Japan 1976-9; Shell Internat. 1979-; m. Jacqueline Margaret, d. of Leonard Hughes, building contractor; d. 24 May 1999.

Wakeford, Victor David, son of Victor David Collins Wakeford MD and Mary Ellen, d. of James Kite of Church Stretton, Shropshire; b. 31 May 1916; adm. May 1930 (R); left July 1934; Exeter Coll. Oxf., matric. 1934, BA 1937, MA 1941; ord. deacon 1946, priest 1947 (York); Curate Scar­borough 1946-51; chaplain Oakham Sch. 1951-4, Eshton Sch. Gargrave, Yorks, 1955-8, King's Sch. Gloucester 1958-72; retd.; d. 7 May 1994.

Wakeford, Richard, brother of Victor David Wakeford (qv); b. 23 July 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (R); left Apr. 1940; Roy. Hampshire Regt 1941-5 (temp. Lieut.-Col.), three times wounded, despatches (N. Africa) Sept. 1943; awarded the Victoria Cross July 1944 for leadership in an attack near Monte Cassino in May 1944; Trin. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1948, MA 1962; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1951; partner Layton & Co.; a Master of the Supreme Court (Chancery Divn) 1964; member Court of Assistants Haberdashers' Company, and a governor of Haber­dashers' Aske's Hatcham Schools; JP (Surrey); m. 31 Mar. 1951 Denise Elizabeth, d. of Sidney Thomas Corlson; d. 27 Aug. 1972.